how come Native North Americans didn’t have vast empires of wealth and cities like Montezuma had down in Mexico?

Question

how come Native North Americans didn’t have vast empires of wealth and cities like Montezuma had down in Mexico?

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Answer 1

This is really the wrong place to ask this. You should go to /r/Askhistorians

But I’ll say one thing. I believe your question is flawed. As it assumes that large cities are somehow natural or will always appear given the right conditions. This is simply untrue. How do you know Native North Americans even desired large cities?

Native North Americans lived as they saw fit. Cities, while they did exist, were not always desired.